This panel will feature regulatory and industry experts from the international community including the IAEA, the US, the UK, and Sweden. The panel will compare international efforts and initiatives towards safe but timely hazard reduction across the nuclear waste management and D&D estate. Contractors and operators have to deliver safe, sustainable and cost-effective waste management and D&D solutions in a climate of increasing financial austerity but increasing regulatory and public expectation of continuous improvement in safety. Through a series of brief presentations and discussion, panelists will explore Safety Culture and other safety improvement initiatives relevant to these specific challenges, with perspectives from IAEA, Regulators, Governments and Contractors. The objective of the panel is to exchange ideas pertaining to safety culture as well as provide a foundation and venue for future international benchmarking.

Panelists include:  Melinda d'Ouville, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Quality Culture, Bechtel National Inc.; Kulvider McDonald, UK Office for Nuclear Regulation, Radwaste Professional Lead (United Kingdom); Simon Carroll, Analyst at the Department of Radioactive Materials, Swedish Regulatory Authority (Sweden); Diane Sieracki, Senior Safety Culture Program Manager, Office for Enforcement, US NRC; Mark Rouse, Managing Director, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. (United Kingdom); Julie Goeckner, Sr. Advisor on Nuclear Safety Culture, Office of Safety, Security, and Quality Programs, Office of Environmental Management, US DOE